Illinois Valley Relay

Published
12:00 am CDT, Saturday, October 22, 2005

Jeff Stickel, of the 6-Niners of Indianapolis, Ind., and other runners head down the Hillview blacktop as they compete in the Illinois Valley Relay in rural Winchester Saturday. Fifty-one teams of six runners traded the baton as they ran 62.5 miles in the annual event. Teams came from all over the Midwest, and the best time was 5 hours, 53 minutes and 59 seconds by the 180 Energy Runners of St. Louis.